Posted in 22-November-2009 ¬ 19:49h.marc
For all but 8 of the cameras, I’ve added the original list price and its equivalent in 2009 dollars to my Classic Cameras site.
In case you can help me, the missing ones are:
Canon III
Canon F-1
Olympus OM-1
Olympus XA-2
Pentax ME
Pentax ME-F
Polaroid SX-70 Sonar One Step
Pentacon Praktica LLC
I need the price with a typical lens, the year that [...]
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Posted in 18-November-2009 ¬ 19:38h.marc
My Olympus OM-2 and INSTAMATIC 100 arrived, and have their photos posted on my Classic Cameras site.
I’ve also posted a 1968 review of the Canon Pellix, and a couple of 1940 ads for the Kodak 35, and a brochure for the Olympus OM-1, OM-2, and OM-10, and a brochure for the Medalist II.
I’ll have lots [...]
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Posted in 1-November-2009 ¬ 18:02h.marc
On my Classic Cameras site:
Added a review to the Retina Reflex page.
New Pentax Original page (camera not here yet) with an ad and a review.
Another Exa ad.
Pentax ME-F article comparing it and the Canon AL-1,
and a long article on the ME-F.
New Kodak Instamatic Reflex page.
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Posted in 29-October-2009 ¬ 21:24h.marc
Added full contents of a little (!) XA2 brochure, and a full-page ad for the ME-F.
On my Classic Cameras site.
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Posted in 28-October-2009 ¬ 22:16h.marc
Those boxes keep showing up!
Just posted are pictures of the Kodak Medalist II, one of the wonders of the camera world (shown),
the Canon Pellix (fixed, semi-transparent mirror), and Rollei 35 (smallest mechanical full-frame 35mm).
On my Classic Cameras site.
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Posted in 25-October-2009 ¬ 16:47h.marc
All now on my Classic Cameras site. A few updates to other pages, too, and some new ads.
Did you know that the Kodak Vest Pocket Model B may have been the first camera to summit Mt. Everest? Or that the Polaroid SX-70 Sonar One Step was the first autofocusing SLR?
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Posted in 22-October-2009 ¬ 19:12h.marc
My Pen F came today, so now all four members of the Yoshihisa Maitani designed Olympus cameras are in residence.
Shown are the Pen (1959), Pen F (1963), OM-1 (1972), and XA2 (1980).
All but the Pen F are already on my Classic Cameras site;
I’ll have the Pen F (and a few other new arrivals) there soon.
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Posted in 21-October-2009 ¬ 19:12h.marc
Seven more, with close-up photos but not much text yet,
on my Classic Cameras site:
Contax IIa
Kodak 35
Nkkorex F
Olympus Pen
Olympus XA2
Praktica LLC
Topcon RE Super
Here’s a quick note (edited) I posted on photo.net about three of these and three others not on the Classic Cameras site
(although the Kodak Vest Pocket will get there):
I’m always reading posts here about [...]
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Posted in 15-October-2009 ¬ 06:36h.marc
Added text to the Contarex page.
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Posted in 12-October-2009 ¬ 07:47h.marc
More cameras, more ads and reviews, more text, reorganized home page.
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